git-gutter-fringe vs diff-hl

git-gutter-fringe

Fringe version of git-gutter.el (by emacsorphanage)

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diff-hl

Emacs package for highlighting uncommitted changes (by dgutov)

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git-gutter-fringe		diff-hl
	Project
2	Mentions	6
159	Stars	873
1.9%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	6.0
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	10 days ago
Emacs Lisp	Language	Emacs Lisp
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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git-gutter-fringe

Posts with mentions or reviews of git-gutter-fringe. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-05.

git-gutter-fringe: Fringe version of git-gutter.el
1 project | /r/planetemacs | 5 Jul 2021
How to get sublime-like gitgutter in Emacs?
3 projects | /r/emacs | 5 Jul 2021

https://github.com/emacsorphanage/git-gutter-fringe this is fairly good

diff-hl

Posts with mentions or reviews of diff-hl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-21.

What are some must-have packages for emacs?
19 projects | /r/emacs | 21 Jul 2022

Yeah. I also like diff-hl even though it's a little buggy.
Git Gutter in Emacs
1 project | /r/planetemacs | 19 Feb 2022

In my experience https://github.com/dgutov/diff-hl works better.
Modern Git-Gutter in Emacs
2 projects | /r/emacs | 17 Feb 2022

Strange, diff-hl works extremely well and looks nice (and also works with other vcs) - some themes have not set appropriate faces but that is very easy to fix. diff-hl
Your first taste of emacs
13 projects | dev.to | 8 Feb 2022

diff-hl Git diff markers in modified buffers. Nice to see which lines you've added, changed and deleted, visually.
Beginner Emacs (Evil) questions to help me improve my setup. Help strongly appreciated
6 projects | /r/emacs | 4 Dec 2021

not sure. google suggests diff-hl. anyway magit is great - learning it will be beneficial
How to get sublime-like gitgutter in Emacs?
3 projects | /r/emacs | 5 Jul 2021

For those, who don't want to search: https://github.com/dgutov/diff-hl (it's on MELPA, called diff-hl).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing git-gutter-fringe and diff-hl you can also consider the following projects:

gitsigns.nvim - Git integration for buffers

emacs-doom-themes - A megapack of themes for GNU Emacs. [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/themes]

emacs-light - My lightweight bare necessities emacs config

.emacs.d - My personal Emacs config with any quirks, oddities, bugs, and man-eating errors I live with on a daily basis.

emacs-which-key - Emacs package that displays available keybindings in popup

straight.el - 🍀 Next-generation, purely functional package manager for the Emacs hacker.

smartparens - Minor mode for Emacs that deals with parens pairs and tries to be smart about it.

use-package - A use-package declaration for simplifying your .emacs

spacemacs - A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim!

straight.el - 🍀 Next-generation, purely functional package manager for the Emacs hacker. [Moved to: https://github.com/radian-software/straight.el]

doom - Doom Emacs config